Wednesday, August 29, 2012

That I am linking up with Jamie for What I'm Loving Wednesday! This will be the first full week back to work from summer!!! I how I hope I make it.What I'm Loving - that Monday was Ashley first day of Pre-K for this year. She has Ms. Sara same teacher as last year that we love - We had to do the happy dance Monday morning Ashley was so excited that school was starting. She said Mom you don't want to miss this dance.

What I am Loving - That Baseball and XC, and girls basketball are underway at school. Bring on the stress of being Athletic Director.What I am Loving - that Saturday is the first Football game of the season. University of Illinois is playing Western Michigan. We will be tailgating. I hope it does not rain.

What I am Loving - I am loving the Hello Mornings Challenge. I am not the best at it. Except I will get there. To God be the Glory.

What I am Loving - This parent rap - need to watch if you have kids :)

Saturday, August 25, 2012

August 24, 2010 is the day that I officially adopted Ashley. That was a wonderful day and God answered many prayers that day. I kind of feel like that day is her birthday. I think as each year that passes I feel more and more blessed. I really know now what it is like to love and do anything for your children. I love her more then life. I really understand now when people say not to make the momma bear mad. Ashley is such a blessing she is full of life, funny, loving.

Is adoption easy? No it is not. Is this simple? Nope. Complicated and long-term. Will bonding be immediate and seamless? Will you struggle with guilt and fear that first year? Yes, but you shouldn’t. You’ve agreed to partner with God in some difficult, heart-wrenching work, and it’s no kum-by-yah party. Give grace to yourself; God already has.

Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting through, and adoption is one of them. I can hardly think of something closer to God’s character, who is the “Father to the fatherless, defender of widows — this is God, whose dwelling is holy.” Certainly, we are his difficult children who spaz out and pull away and manipulate and struggle. We distrust His good love and sabotage our blessings, imagining our shame disqualifies us or that God couldn’t possibly be faithful to such orphans.

But He is. We are loved with an everlasting love, and it is enough to overwhelm our own fear and shame and humanity. In adoption, God is enough for us all. He can overcome our children’s grief. He can overshadow our own inadequacies. He can sweep up our families in a beautiful story of redemption and hope and healing. If you are afraid of adoption, trying to stiff-arm the call, God is the courage you don’t have. If you are waiting, suffering with longing for your child, God is the determination you need. If you are in the early days of chaos, God is the peace you and your child hunger for. If your family feels lost, He is the stability everyone is looking for. If you are working hard on healing, digging deep with your child, God is every ounce of the hope and restoration and safety and grace.

In Him, you can do this.

He is enough for us all.﻿

The Day We Adopted You

Author: Unknown

If we had it to do over againAdoption is what we'd chooseWe got more than we had hoped forThe day we adopted youFor you have given us more in lifeThan we could ever want or needYou made our house into a homeAnd made our family completeWe love you more than life itself for all the things you say and do And if we had it to do over againYou'd be the only one we'd choose

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Today I am linking up with Jamie. I can not believe it is already August.

I am Loving - that tomorrow Tyler McGill is swimming in the Olympics. He is from Champaign IL. He also went to Central High School the local high school in town. Tyler will be swimming the 100 Fly. We will be styling our I HEART Tyler McGill shirts on Thursday.

I am Loving - that Saturday is my Dad's Birthday!!! Happy Birthday Dad. ( hopefully we can have a Jarlingscustard cup pie)